The Bigger Game
Pretend it’s Sunday evening. * Are you looking forward to getting the week started?* Or, is just the thought of going to work, school, or starting your week, work itself?* For the last seven days, I was in Silver Bay, New York, participating in “Playing the Bigger Game” retreat and then becoming certified to teach the workshops on this subject.* It was time to invest in myself to expose myself to new options.* I was introduced to “Playing the Bigger Game” in 2006 and was able to become more engaged in this model now in 2014.* I attended with the expectation of impacting both my personal and professional life.* * * 
The concept of the Bigger Game is an innovation model used to grow individuals, teams and organizations.* This game board looks like a tic-tac-toe board (an American game) with nine different squares.* You can surf the board without order to identify where you currently are and where you want to go.* It’s a simple model.* Rick Tamlyn says it best, “:9 minutes to learn.* A lifetime to live.”
In this newsletter, I want to introduce the nine (9) squares to determine what fulfills you and fulfills those outside of you using this dynamic game board.* Rick Tamlyn says, “When you are playing your Bigger Game, you cannot help yourself.* You are eager to get out of bed and get to it ” it pulls you!”* It’s about changing ourselves instead of blaming others.* It’s about taking responsibility for our words and actions instead of saying, “if only * someone else would do/say something different.”
| Hunger | What do I want to create today?* What change am I hungry for in my life? |
| Compelling Purpose | What am I about? |
| Allies | Who reaches out to me today?* Who is teaching me something about myself today? |
| Investment | Where will I spend my time?* How will I invest in myself?* How do I invest in others?How is the investment displayed? |
| Sustainability | What do I need to do to nourish and sustain myself? |
| GULP | On a scale of one to ten, what’s my level of gulp that I choose to take to create other results? |
| Comfort Zone | What comfort zones are serving me?* What comfort zones are allowing me to stay “stuck”?* Am in a comfort zone that is currently serving me to prepare for the next square? |
| Assess | How am I doing?* How am I expressing myself?* How am I acting?* Are my words and actions supporting what I value?* Am I enjoying myself?* Am I enjoying others? |
| Bold Action | What is something I can boldly do or say to support my own “Bigger Game?” |
These nine squares made me think about the direction of my life.* What’s important?* What do I need to let go?* What do I need to work towards for my own compelling purpose?* There is much more to the “Playing the Bigger Game” and to learn more please contact Learning Alliances Company for the growth of self, team and organization.